Conference Program
The Limits of Reason
Faculty of Philosophy
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
01 June 2022
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0930–0935: Introductory Remarks
Cillian Ó Fathaigh and Gavin Rae (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
0935–1035: Early Modern Philosophy
From the Limits of Reason to the Extension of Epistemology to the Passions in David Hume
Julia Vincenti (Aix-Marseille University, France)
The Use of Limits: The Submission of Reason according to Pascal
Thomas Bellon (Aix-Marseille University, France)
1040–1140: Aesthetics and Affectivity
A Feeling of Limits: The Aesthetic Self-reflection of Reason in the Kantian Sublime
Ivan Iyer (Indian Institute of Technology, India)
Ethics of Care and Rationality: A Closer Look
Stefano Pinzan (Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Italy)
1145–1245: Reason and Irrationality
Thinking and the Danger of Insanity
Erik Kuravsky (University of Erfurt, Germany)
Orders of reason, reasons of order
Francesco Tibursi (University Niccolò Cusano: Rome, Italy)
1245-1315: Lunch Break
1315–1415: Deconstruction
Reason and Style: The Deconstructionist Tradition of Paradox
Eve Judah (Ecole Normale Supérieure, France)
Transgressing Economies: Inheriting Jacques Derrida’s écologie de la mémoire
Sam La Védrine (Independent Scholar, England)
1420–1520: Rethinking Limits
Reason Unhinged: Errors, Problems, Interruptions, and the Misadventures of Thought
Emma Ingala (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
The Ontogenesis of Reason: Castoriadis on the Limits of Identity Thinking
Gavin Rae (Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain)
1525–1625: Body and Society
Exercise Reason: William James and Motor Influence on Decisions
Andrea Maria Nencini (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
Maurice Merleau-Ponty and the Kin(Aesth)etic Logos
Ainhoa Suárez Gómez (Independent Scholar, Mexico)
1625-1635: Closing Remarks
Organizers: Cillian Ó Fathaigh and Gavin Rae
Funding: This conference forms part of the activities for the following research projects: (1) “Agency and Society: An Inquiry through Poststructuralism” (PR108/20-26), funded by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid–Banco Santander; (2) “Differential Ontology and the Politics of Reason,” funded by the Government of the Region of Madrid, as part of line 3 of the multi-year agreement with the Universidad Complutense de Madrid: V PRICIT Excellence Program for University Professors (Fifth Regional Plan for Scientific Investigation and Technological Innovation); and (3) “The Politics of Reason” (PID2020-117386GA-I00), financed by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Government of Spain.